My Life as a Fake

I found this book to be haunting and surprising. Even though the story cannot be true, I found myself believing it. The central fictitious (fictitious even in the created world) figure comes to literal and nightmarish life. (McCorkle reminded me of Frankenstein’s monster actually where the true monster is the creator.) The bloody promised implosion of the book is fulfilled at...more

I found this book to be haunting and surprising. Even though the story cannot be true, I found myself believing it. The central fictitious (fictitious even in the created world) figure comes to literal and nightmarish life. (McCorkle reminded me of Frankenstein’s monster actually where the true monster is the creator.) The bloody promised implosion of the book is fulfilled at the very end. I was completely satiated with this book. But I wish it contained more of the poetry in the desired and denied manuscript.   hide